sassily

Example Sentences

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He sassily said he was Lionel Messi, the Argentinian football star.

From Nature • Sep. 10, 2019

I sauntered off as sassily as I could in my mum’s ill-fitting Aztec-print bikini, through a door up some stairs.

From The Guardian • Feb. 14, 2019

Well, here you go: The Hamilton creator unwittingly stoked the Rodriguez/Beatriz fire when Twitter user loudlysilent sassily replied to one of his motivational tweets:

From Slate • May 23, 2018

While usually clear and journalistic, Young’s prose constantly shifts registers, sometimes veering into cultural theorizing, at other times opting for sassily hip street talk.

From Washington Post • Nov. 28, 2017

She tilted her head sassily and kept her eyes right on his.

From "The Great Gilly Hopkins" by Katherine Paterson